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hǽþ
/hθ /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Noun
Gender: Feminine
Related §§ in Wright's OE Grammar:
hǽþ
, e; f. Heath, heather :-- Hǽþ marica vel brogus, Ælfc. Gl. 46; Som. 65, 3; Wrt. Gl. 33, 3. Smeóce mid hǽþe smoke with heath, Lchdm. i. 354, 24. v. Gloss. iii. 329, col. 2. [Prompt. Parv. hethe or lynge bruarium : O. H. Ger. heida thymus, mirice : Ger. heide, heidekraut.]
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hǽþ
a heath, hǽþ a plant. Take these together, for ' e ; f. ' substitute es; n. m, , and add: I. a heath, a tract of uncultivated, waste land, (1) masc. :-- Andlang ðǽre díc tó ðǽm hǽðe foreweardan . . . ; ðonne westweard ofer ðone hǽð, C. D. iii. 264, 2-4. Úp on ðene hǽð; ofer ðene hǽð, 384, 26. (2) neut. :-- Ofer ðæt hǽð, C. D. iii. 392, 3, 5. On ðæt hǽð westeweard, 427, 33. On ðæt héð westeweard, v. 212, 18. v. mór-hǽþ. II. a plant-name :-- Haeth, haet (cf.
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hǽþ
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